Friday, May 03, 2013

May 3, that is.Over 24 hours of snowfall right here in Des Moines, Iowa.Amazing.Something I have never seen in all my years.I do recall a mid-April snowstorm around
1981, that wiped out many a flower garden.But this one really takes the cake.It felt so surreal, looking out the window
at work, and seeing everything in black-and-white relief, just like it looked
in December - or February.Part of my
mind thought“was all that greenery and
balmy breezes a ruse?Are we stuck in
perpetual winter - a new ice age?”

The weatherman
says it is not so.It should warm up to
the 60’s by this weekend, 70s by next week.All I can say is, it
better.Not fair being robbed of spring
like this.Who knows what the summer
will bring - maybe 100s followed by 50’s.Strange - a day to tell your grandkids about someday.

Wednesday, May 01, 2013

Wonder why these truckers do not monitor the height of their loads? They are always crashing into overpasses and bridges, despite signs and warnings? Can there not be some standardization of bridge heights and/or load sizes? Every one has an excuse from the drivers (they just hook up and haul) on up the chain. Can no one take respnsibility for this expensive, ongoing debacle? Seriously? Ridiculous.

So ther are three accomplices to the Boston bombings. Good, lock them up and throw away the key. Thou shalt not blow people up, nor help those who do.

The Keystone pipeline helps no one but the oil companies. Why not build a refinery in Canada? They figure it is somehow easier to ship the oil 3,000 miles south and then refine it? Hmmm. Yeah, let's pollute the Oglala aquifer, where the entire midwestern US draws drinking water from. Who needs clean water anymore - we can sip crude and breathe gas. Yeah.

We somehow need to go in and prevent the Syrian government from using poison gas on their people. And we need to bomb Iran to protect Israel. We can't even keep Afghanistan under control. What if we declared an invasion on the U.S. and did some nation-building here at home. Repair decaying bridges and roads, but also enhance our energy grid, and help renovate inner-city housing. Help make the US a modern country - again.